Whoever wrote the screenplay or script for the movie definitely read the book.
Several Starship Troopers movie scenes are lifted directly from the book, almost word for word.
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Several Starship Troopers movie scenes are lifted directly from the book, almost word for word.
Verhoeven is something of an expert on this, since he grew up in The Hague during Nazi occupation.
There's an interview out there where he says when he making the film he was wondering if his movie was in-your-face enough about Nazis, to really make sure his movie wasn't too subtle or that people would miss the point he had the former Doogie Howser actor wear a SS officer's trenchcoat.
I ran into a corporate network recently that blocked the Tailscale DERP servers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/hegseth-cyber...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/the-trip-plann...
Trump's brain's actions are guided by a deep hatred of Ukraine. The Ukrainian cause is tightly bound to the memory of the Biden administration. The Ukrainian security services leaked the Paul Manafort diaries to Western press. The Ukrainian Phone Call was behind Trump's first impeachment.
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/500002/mar...
Some geologists think there might be tons of other deposits under the ice.
The US has been trying to add Greenland since 1867.
I can't point to anything concrete about Russia funding Trump.
Historically most of the heavy industry, near the mineral deposits, has always been in eastern Ukraine. Agricultural stuff in western and central Ukraine. Putin would be perfectly happy w/ a Ukrainian only rump state centered around Lviv.
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/all-the-presidents-men-t...
It's a bummer that just about every media outlet in Ukraine is either tightly linked to Russian propaganda, or on the other side its mostly super pro Ukrainian (formerly funded by USAID) outlets with ties to weird libertarian billionaires who want to turn Ukraine into free market paradise. Hardly any middle ground.
but sanctions clearly destroyed Syria.
I think the current administration's actions are backed by the desire to kick out all immigrants, build a fortress wall around the US, and I guess wait out the end times.
Us lefties often say the best way to lower immigration rates is make other countries a more desirable place to live. I'm not sure if this has ever been put into practice though.
Regarding China, the European and American financial relationship is the largest in the world. Chinese trade with Europe is tiny. Sounds like that is all about to change.